To become self-aware, people must be allowed to hear a plurality of opinions and then make up their own minds. They must be allowed to say, write and publish whatever they want. Freedom of expression is the most basic, but fundamental, right. Without it, human beings are reduced to automatons.
“One of the great problems with Americans is that - being a decent people - they assume that everyone else is equally decent.”
“Nothing seems to matter but ourselves. That's not how I was brought up. I don't recognize the country I live in anymore.”